Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/lankás

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

An o-stem derivative of *lenk- (“to bend”), with no certain cognates outside of Balto-Slavic.^[1]^[2] See *lénktei (“to bend; to twine”) for more.

Noun

*lankás m

bow

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Latgalian: lūks
- Latvian: loks
- Lithuanian: lañkas
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: lunkis (“angle”)
Proto-Slavic: *lǫ̑kъ (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lankas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lǫ̑kъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 289: “m. o (c) ‘bow’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2015) “lankas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lǫ̑kъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 289: “m. o (c) ‘bow’”

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